as in panel
a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter
a committee in charge of planning the organization's annual Christmas party
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Recent Examples of committee
Typically, proposals from city councilors that advance must pass through committee and then receive public hearings before the mayor signs off.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
By all means, this committee should aim to commemorate the freeing of slaves, Moore acknowledged, once the nationalists had taken over in earnest.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Nominees are chosen by committees of film critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2025
Also Monday, the committee discussed other states’ open carry policies, heard from a firm that is working on a third-party review of the Capitol’s security and discussed whether lawmakers should be practicing active shooter drills in their chambers.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
By all means, this committee should aim to commemorate the freeing of slaves, Moore acknowledged, once the nationalists had taken over in earnest.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Nominees are chosen by committees of film critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2025
Also Monday, the committee discussed other states’ open carry policies, heard from a firm that is working on a third-party review of the Capitol’s security and discussed whether lawmakers should be practicing active shooter drills in their chambers.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for committee
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The state appealed the decision, and the BBC reported that his original murder conviction was upheld by a panel of judges from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in December 2017, who ruled that Dassey’s confession was voluntary.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Burke gave the only 9 on a panel full of 10s, prompting the crude call out.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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However, StyleCaster may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
3 Nov. 2025
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If successful, Proposition 50 would ditch a nonpartisan commission California voters established via a 2010 ballot initiative that draws those district boundaries.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The bill comes after Hawley chaired a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing examining the Harm of AI Chatbots last month, during which the committee heard testimony from the parents of three young men who began self-harming or killed themselves after using chatbots from OpenAI and Character.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Last month, Adam’s father, Matthew Raine, appeared before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on crime and counterterrorism alongside two other grieving parents to testify on the dangers AI platforms pose to children.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/committee. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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